Contribution to the study of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in ecological cherry orchards in İzmir and Manisa provinces of Turkey

1998 ve 1999 yıllarında ekolojik kiraz üretimi yapılan Manisa (Merkez-Muradiye) (38° 39' K / 27° 20' D), İzmir (Kemalpaşa-Ören) (38° 28' K / 27° 36' D) ve İzmir (Kemalpaşa-Armutlu) (380 25' K / 27° 32' D)' daki bahçelerde yürütülen bu çalışmayla Tenebrionidae familyasına bağlı türlerin ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla çukur ve besin tuzakların yanı sıra darbe yöntemiyle de örnekler toplanmıştır. Çalışma sonunda toplam 16 tür saptanmış olup, bunlar Dailognatha quadricollis Brülle, Tentyria rodundata mittrei Solier, Idastrandiella mucoreus Waltl, Pachyscelis quadricollis smyrnensis Kraatz, Pimelia akbesiana Fairmaire, Blaps tibialis Reiche, Blaps halophila Fischer, Dendarus moesiacus Mulsant & Rey, Gonocephalum granulatum pusillum Fabricius, Gonocephalum costatum rugulosum Küster, Opatrumsabuîosum Linnaeus, Opatroides punctulatus subcylindricus Brülle, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, Diaclina fagi (Panzer), Probaticus tenebricosus Brülle ve Euboeus mimonti Boildieu'dir. Bu türlerden Pachyscetis quadricollis smyrnensis ve Pimelia akbesiana' nın endemik; Gonocephalum gmnulatum pusillum, Dailognatha quadricollis ve Pimelia akbesiana' nm da en bol bulunan türler olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca 3 farklı bahçeden 2 yıl boyunca toplanan materyal, Simpson, Shannon ve tür indeksleri kullanılmak suretiyle karşılaştırma yoluna gidilmiştir

Patients Seeking Help from Smoking Cessation Clinic: One-Year Follow-up

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate preliminary data of a smoking cessation clinic. Methods: In this study, Konya Numune Hospital smoking cessation clinic between the years 2009-2010, cigarette smoking, to start again after stopping for a self-help smokers who want a 1-year follow-up results were evaluated retrospectively. Results: One-year follow-up results were evaluated retrospectively in 25 smokers. 8 patients female and 17 were male. Twent five patients asked for to help in the first month. Symptoms reported after cessation of smoking were extreme nervousness in these cases, oral aphthous ulcers, constipation and weight gain. None of the cases received nicotine replacement therapy where as 20 of them received selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Nine patients started smoking again a one-year follow-up period while 16 patients achieved quitting smoking. Conclusion: Smoking cessation clinics help patients quit smoking in the long run. [Cukurova Med J 2012; 37(2.000): 103-106

The effect of standard posterolateral versus muscle-sparing thoracotomy on multiple parameters

Background. Different alternative approaches to thoracotomy have been developed because of the considerable morbidity associated with the standard posterolateral incision.BACKGROUND:Different alternative approaches to thoracotomy have been developed because of the considerable morbidity associated with the standard posterolateral incision.METHODS:We studied a prospective, randomized, blinded study of 60 consecutive patients to compare surgical approach time, postoperative pain (quantitated by narcotic requirements and the visual analogue scale), pulmonary function, shoulder strength, and range of motion between standard posterolateral (group I) and muscle-sparing (group II) thoracotomy techniques.RESULTS:There were no differences in postoperative surgical time, pulmonary function, shoulder range of motion, mortality, or hospitalization time. There was significantly less postoperative pain in group II. In this group, narcotic requirement was less in the first 24 hours, and visual analogue scale scores were significantly lower (p < 0.05) throughout the first postoperative week. Muscle strength had returned to preoperative levels by 1 month in both groups. Morbidity was identical in the two groups with the exception of postoperative seromas. The prevalence of seroma was 16.6% in the muscle-sparing group.CONCLUSIONS:We conclude that the muscle-sparing incision may be a sensible alternative to a standard posterolateral thoracotomy

Von der Solidarität aller Monotheisten

Alboga B, Tezcan L. Von der Solidarität aller Monotheisten. In: Amirpur K, Ammann L, eds. Der Islam am Wendepunkt: Liberale und konservative Reformer einer Weltreligion. Herder Spektrum. Vol 5665. Freiburg: Herder; 2006: 46-55

Contributions to the knowledge of the Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Turkey Part II. Opatrinae, Tenebrioninae, Adeliinae

Bu çalışmada Opatrinae altfamilyasindan 37, Tenebrioninae altfamilyasindan 38 ve Adeliinae altfamilyasindan 2 olmak üzere toplam 77 türün LEMT (Lodos Entomoloji Müzesi)'nde bulunduğu ortaya konmuştur. Bunlardan Blaps rotundata Solier, 1848, Dendarus (Pandarinus) armeniacus Baudi, 1876, D. (Pandarinus) caelatus Brulle, 1832, Lobodera (Penthomegus) iners Menetries, 1832, Nalassus dryadophilus (Mulsant, 1854), Pedinus (s. str.) quadratus Brulle, 1832 ve P. (s. str.) reitteri Seidlitz, 1893 türleri Türkiye için ilk kayıttır. Ayrıca 16 türün endemik olduğu anlaşılmıştır.In this study, it has been determined that totally 37 species belonging to Opatrinae, 38 species belonging to Tenebrioninae and 2 species belonging to Adeliinae subfamilies of Tenebrionidae occuring in the collection of LEMT (Lodos Entomological Museum Turkey). Amongst those Dendarus {Pandarinus) armeniacus Baudi, 1876, D. (Pandarinus) caelatus Brulle, 1832, Pedinus (s. str.) quadratus Brulle, 1832, P. (s. str.) reitteri Seidlitz, 1893, Lobodera (Penthomegus) iners Menetries, 1832, Blaps rotundata Solier, 1848 and Nalassus dryadophilus (Mulsant, 1854) are the first reliable records from Turkey. In addition to these 16 species are endemic